Summary:
Much before the MeToo movement, to quote the witticism of A P J Abdul Kalam, was even in “liquid form”, N D Tiwari had his moment of truth. After years of denial, Tiwari not only accepted Rohith as his own but also tied the knot with Ujjwala at the age of 89. Retired professor Ujjwala Sharma’s son Rohith Shekhar filed a paternity suit to claim he was Tiwari’s progeny. After Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in the middle of the 1991 Lok Sabha elections, Tiwari was seen as the automatic choice for the PM’s post. When in 2002, Harish Rawat was the obvious choice for the CM’s post in Uttarakhand that Congress won, the veteran was sent to steer the new state..